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emerita

Etymology 1 a. The female equivalent of emeritus. Etymology 2

n. (plural of emeritum English)

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Emerita

Emerita may refer to:

  • Emerita (genus), a genus of crustacean
  • Emerita Augusta, an ancient city of Spain
  • Saint Emerita, 3rd-century martyr. See Digna and Emerita
  • Emerita, the feminine form of the word " emeritus", added to the title professor or religious leader, to honor them for lengthy service
Emerita (genus)

Emerita is a small genus of decapod crustaceans, known as mole crabs, sand fleas, sand crabs, sand fiddlers or sea cicada. These small animals burrow in the sand in the wash zone and use their antennae for filter feeding.

Usage examples of "emerita".

It, too, had been handled carefully by the august emerita or her slaves.

Aside from the vanished slave and the august emerita for whom she was searching, Mahtra seemed to be the only person wherever she went.

The august emerita had plunged deep into her mind to pluck out her name.

Mahtra was ready to tell someoneanyonewhat had happened, but it was very difficult to keep her thoughts dear enough for the august emerita to understand without saying the words, however poorly, as they formed in her mind.

Eating, like talking, made Mahtra uncomfortable, but the light of food had awakened her stomach and the august emerita was not a person to be disobeyed.

The august emerita looked aside while Mahtra adjusted the clasps that held the mask in place.

The Lion-King glowered at Mahtra through gemstone eyes while the august emerita snipped a corner off a fresh sheet of parchment and covered it with bold, red lines of ink.

Mahtra guessed that one of them was the blue rope while the other was the black-and-gold, but she had no way of knowing for certain, and the august emerita did not address them by name.

The symbols and their meanings were inescapable: the august emerita wasor had beena deadheart, a necromancer at the very least.